Hasan Al-Basri رحمه الله said :
"Sincere repentance is that you hate the sin just as you used to love it, and that you seek for forgiveness for it whenever you remember it."
[Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 8/169]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“If you are studying the deen and not realising your own ignorance then your ilm is not benefittng you. If it is only increasing you in arrogance then your intention is not sincere. Re-evaluate and start again.
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
"Know that the greatest of losses is for you to be preoccupied with one who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah."
[Al-Wabil as-Sayyib, pg. 45]
Benefits of lowering the gaze mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
1. Cleanses the heart of excessive regret
2. Your heart will receive light - it will illuminate, it will start to show on your face, in your eyes, your limbs - people will notice the noor on you
3. You will have a strong innate ability to identify problems in issues and people etc. (This is the light in your heart allowing you to see and think clearly)
4. It opens the door of knowledge and makes it easy for you
5. Bravery - he has a strong, firm, brave heart. He is not scared of anything or any people, he is only scared of Allaah. (You won’t be weak, you’ll be firm in yourself)
6. It brings about happiness
7. Protects your hearts from the shackles of desires (Desires have no ending, you keep wanting more)
8. Protects you from entering into Jahanam
9. Sharpens your mind and strengthens your intellect (Desires cloud your mind, your judgements - you are solely driven by desires)
10. Purifies the heart from the intoxication of desires
[روضة المحبين ونزهة المشتاقين]
• Music = sins
• Music = increase worry/anxiety
• Music = very annoying / extremely disturbing
• Music = increase distress / tightness (in the chest)
• Music = make you hate listening to the Qur'an
• Music = make the Qur'an feel heavy/burdensome on the heart
• Music = make acts of worship feel heavy/burdensome for you
• Music = ugly / unpleasant to the hearing
• Music = kill the heart (spiritually)
• Music = constrict / suffocate the chest
• Music= depression
Amesema imamu Ibnul Qayyim Al- hawziyya
Yule ambae anashikama na kitabu (Quran) na sunnah akaitenga na nafsi yake na viumbe na akahama na moyo wake kwenda kwa Allah basi huyo ndiye mkweli na mwenye kufaulu.
Tarjama; Abuu Luqman Omar